The Telephone Call
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1962
- 1 pilot
If you are worried about the world situation pick up your telephone and do something about it? Lionel Baxter does... and regrets it. Stars Peter Jones, June Whitfield, Richard Caldicot, Derek Bond, Howard Lang and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1962
- Channel
- BBC TV
- Episodes
- 1 Pilot
- Stars
- Peter Jones, June Whitfield, Richard Caldicot, Derek Bond, Howard Lang, John Grieve, Roger Avon and Alister Smart
- Writers
- Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
- Director
- James Gilbert
- Producer
- James Gilbert
- Company
Things are getting bad, the whole world is in a crisis and Lionel Baxter is determined to do something about it. He can, he is told, by picking up his telephone .. but when he tries nothing much seems to be happening!
Additional details
- Part of
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Black and white
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 19th January 1962 at 8:45pm on BBC One
- Episode length
- 30 minutes